Articles in 1949 were reporting that he was entertaining
the fans over radio station WHOK in Lancaster, Ohio along
with Tommy Steph. Both Ray and Tommy were a part of
the Tennessee Mountaineers at the time. During that time,
it was also reported that they had been signed by the Donnett Hit
Records label.

Now we don't claim to know everything about everyone, but in
this case, the same 1949 article contains a tidbit that
Ray Anderson had his own group known as the Buckeye Ramblers
and doing their own show over WHOK. It reported that "Timmie" Steph,
a female singer had joined Ray's band. She was a sister
to Mickie Steph LaRue who at one time worked over WTNS
in Coshocton, Ohio.

In December of 1950, Norm Silver reported that Ray had
joined radio station WHTN in Huntington, West Virginia. Norm
reported that Ray did so well, he was named the station's program
director. Around that time, he had written a tune called "Secret
Weapon" that had been recorded by Shannon Grayson on the RCA Victor
label. His songwriting talents would become something he was known
for later in his career. Cowboy Songs reported in their
Disc Jockey Roundup column that same year that Ray had started
his own record label - Mountaineer. His show aired from 6:00am
to 9:00am, Monday through Saturday. He also did another
show from 7:00pm to 9:00pm known as the "Hillbilly Jamboree".

In 1957, Ray had started doing appearances on the WWVA Jamboree,
working with the Osborne Brothers and Red Allen. Dusty Owens,
owner of the Admiral label, confirmed Ray would come to town
and did record a couple of sides for the label, but did not
have the specifics. Ray did record with the Osborne Brothers
and Red Allen, a tune called "Ho, Honey Ho".

Dusty also notes that one of the tunes Ray did, "At Last" was
the first song Dusty ever wrote, when he was just 16 years old.

Remember when Russia first launched the "Sputnik"? That was during
the Cold War era of relations between the east and west. At that time,
some songs took on the topical expressions of those events of the time.
Ray wrote a tune called "Sputniks and Mutniks" as part of that era, touching
on the one launch that included the dog named Laika. One source indicates
he recorded it for his Mountaineer label, but it was never released. Instead,
he worked a deal with Don Pierce and it was released on the Starday label. He also wrote
another cold war type song called "Stalin Kicked The Bucket" that was
recorded on the Kentucky record label.

Ray's tune "Sputniks and Mutniks" was released on a CD called "Atomic Platters -
Cold War Music from the Golden Age of Homeland Security".

In 1965, he became an ordained minister, having left the Osborne Brothers in 1961,
he formed his own label, GRS (Gospel Recording Service), while still a pastor
at a church in Richmond Dale, Ohio. The label also had a subsidiary one, Victory,
which he managed as well until 1969.